Kent Borg wrote on 2026-01-18 07:06:
My understanding is Wayland is the alternative that is taking over the
world, and it seems to exist to make GPUs happier and explicitly is
opposed to running over a network.
My understanding follows:
It seems to exist because:
1) X is a nightmare of kludges that is nearly impossible to maintain
never mind build upon. Anyone who's actually worked on it has mild
trauma. X.org themselves don't do much with X source code anymore
2) Modern computing requires, for example, a laptop with a low res
screen plugged into an external 4k monitor have independent resolutions
for each monitor, not some hacked fractional scaling that sorta-kinda
works on both. X sees all monitors as one giant screen, Wayland sees
them as independent devices
3) X is a security nightmare, where all applications can see all inputs
to all other applications, something that would be astonishingly
insecure 20+ years ago
The Wayland development process has been a wee bit difficult
(understatement!) but lots of people are using it full-time and seem
fine with it.
(I'm still on X but a couple years ago booted into Wayland without
realizing it and didn't notice for a couple weeks.)
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